Each year Quebec city literally builds a hotel out of snow and ice. Over 35,000 people have stayed at the ice hotel since it first opened on New Year’s day in 2001. In addition to over 30 guest-rooms, there is an ice cathedral for couples wanting to get married, an ice climbing wall, an ice slide, a bar that serves drinks in ice glasses, a grand hall, indoor heated bathrooms and outdoor hot tubs. The impressive structure takes over a month to build with 50 workers!

This is a photo of an “igloo” I built in 1995 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Actually, it was really just a pile of snow that I hollowed out and made into the shape of an igloo. It was actually pretty warm inside!